CVE-2025-61772Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Rack

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 58.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Latest updateJan 14

Description

Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. In versions prior to 2.2.19, 3.1.17, and 3.2.2, `Rack::Multipart::Parser` can accumulate unbounded data when a multipart part’s header block never terminates with the required blank line (`CRLFCRLF`). The parser keeps appending incoming bytes to memory without a size cap, allowing a remote attacker to exhaust memory and cause a denial of service (DoS). Attackers can send incomplete multipart headers to trigger high memory use, leading to process termi

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5rack/rack< 2.2.19+2
NVDrack/rack3.1.03.1.17+2
RubyGemsrack/rack3.13.1.17+2

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
ruby-rack vulnerabilities2026-01-14
OSV
Rack's multipart parser buffers unbounded per-part headers, enabling DoS (memory exhaustion)2025-10-07
OSV
CVE-2025-61772: Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface2025-10-07
GHSA
Rack's multipart parser buffers unbounded per-part headers, enabling DoS (memory exhaustion)2025-10-07
CVEList
Rack's multipart parser buffers unbounded per-part headers, enabling DoS (memory exhaustion)2025-10-07

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Rack vulnerabilities2026-01-14
Red Hat
rack: Rack memory exhaustion denial of service2025-10-07
Debian
CVE-2025-61772: ruby-rack - Rack is a modular Ruby web server interface. In versions prior to 2.2.19, 3.1.17...2025
CVE-2025-61772 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption | cvebase